The Time Machine (2002)

Directed by

Simon Wells

Genre

action film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, time-travel film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 2,581 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scientist builds a time machine to change a personal tragedy. He travels forward to a future where humanity has split into two species.

epicmelancholicadventurousvisually ambitioussomberaction-packedsentimentalspeculative

What happens

The Time Machine is a 2002 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action adventure film loosely adapted by John Logan from the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and the 1960 film of the same name by George Pal and David Duncan. Arnold Leibovit served as executive producer, and Simon Wells, the great-grandson of the original author, served as director. The film stars Guy Pearce, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba in her film debut, Mark Addy, and Jeremy Irons, and includes a cameo by Alan Young, who also appeared in the 1960 film adaptation. The film is set in New York City instead of London. It contains new story elements not present in the original novel or the 1960 film adaptation, including a romantic subplot, a new scenario about how civilization was destroyed, and several new characters, such as an artificially intelligent hologram and a Morlock leader. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and grossed $123 million worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup (John M. Elliot Jr. and Barbara Lorenz) at the 75th Academy Awards, but lost to Frida. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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